kill-gnulinux-process-from-the-command-line.md 525 B
Title: Kill GNU/Linux process from the command line Date: 2016-08-21 21:52:04 Categories: [cli] tags: [kill, pkill] Slug: kill-gnulinux-process-from-the-command-line
Authors: sedlav
To end a process we can use the command kill and pkill, kill requires the ID of the process while pkill requires a name or pattern
- kill: send a signal to a process
- pkill: send signal processes based on name and other attributes